Marine Jargon - MARINE CORPS JARGON

[Pages:3]MARINE CORPS JARGON

782 Gear - Also "Deuce" gear; includes pack, canteen, poncho, ammo pouch, etc. used when in the field. 782 refers to the DD Form signed when gear is issued

As You Were: -Resume former activity

Below - Downstairs Bird - Any aircraft Black Cadillacs - Combat Boots Blouse - Cammie Shirt Brass - Officers Brig - Military Jail Brown Bagger - Married Marine Boot Lewy - 2nd Lieutenant Bulkhead - Wall Bunker - A protective shelter Butt can - Ashtray Butter Bar - 2nd Lieutenant BX - Base Exchange

Cammies - Camouflage uniform Canon Cocker - aka gun bunny personnel in an artillery battery Click - One kilometer or one notch of a rifle sight Chopper - Helicopter Chow Hall - Where a Marine eats, like a cafeteria Cover - Marine Corps Hat

Deck - Floor Deuce and a half - 2.5 Ton Truck Devildog - Another name for a Marine Dinky Dau - Crazy (Viet Nam era term) Doggie - U.S. Army Soldier

Field Day - Barracks or Office cleanup Float - Deployment by ship

Geedunk - Junk food, snacks Go-Fasters - Running shoes Good to go - Ready to move, agree with, situation ok Gouge - Any information or instructions, written or verbal.

Grunt - A Marine infantryman Gung Ho - Very enthusiastic and committed

Hat - Drill Instructor Hatch - Door/doorway Head - Bathroom High and Tight - Standard Marine haircut Horn - Radio Hump - Field March

Jarhead - Another name for a Marine John Wayne - A grandstander, or descriptive of a bold act, or any act which is typical in the movies but not sound Marine procedure, such as firing a machine gun from the hip. Also, a simple can opener that can be carried on the dog tag chain.

Ink Stick - Black Pen

K-BAR - Marine fighting knife Klick - A kilometer

LPC's - Leather personnel carriers ... boots Ladderwell - Stairwell Leave - Vacation time Liberty - Rest and relaxation - Authorized absence up to 96 hours Lifer - Career Marine Light Up - To fire on the enemy Lipstick Lieutenant - Chief Warrant Officer 5 Lock and Load - Put ammunition in a weapon and prepare to fire

Maggie's Drawers - A red flag on the range connoting a miss Maggot - DI's affectionate name for a recruit Mess Hall - Cafeteria where a Marine eats MOS - Military occupational specialty (job) Moon Beam - Flashlight Moon Floss - Toilet paper Most Ricky Tick - In a hurry; with a purpose; move fast

NCO - Non-Commissioned Officer Nonhacker - A man who can't perform under pressure

O-Dark Thirty - After midnight, but before working hours Office Hours - Appearing before the Commanding Officer for discipline OOH RAH - Motivational call. Also spelled OO RAH

PCS - Permanent change of station PFT - Physical Fitness Test PT - Physical Training Piece - Rifle

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Pogey bait: Candy or any non-issued food or drink item. The term possibly derives from the term "pogue," used to describe anyone working in an administrative capacity. One would use "pogey bait" to bribe a "pogue" into doing a Marine a favor. Portholes - Thick-framed ? and particularly ugly ? glasses. Also known as "BCGs" ? an abbreviation for "birth-control glasses." Pogue - Anyone not in the infantry (especially administrative personnel). Derives from the acronym POG - Personnel Other than Grunt

Rack - Bed Ruck - Backpack

SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Fouled Up Scuttlebutt - Rumor; Gossip / water fountain Secure - lock up, close, take care of, finish for the day SOS - Creamed beef on toast, a Marine delicacy Skivvies - Underwear Slop Chute - Bar Smedly - An enlisted man who caters to officers and staff noncommissioned officers in the mess hall. Coined in reference to Marine legend Smedly Butler's last name Smoking Lamp - A shipboard tradition which indicates permission to smoke (lit) or not to smoke (out) Sparks - A Marine whose MOS is radioman or field communications Squad bay - The long open room that houses a squad, platoon or other unit. Squid - Sailor Swab - Mop

TARFU - Things Are Really Fouled Up Ten (10) Percenter - One of the small number of nonhackers in any unit Topside - Upstairs

UA - Unauthorized absence

Water Buffalo - A large water tank on wheels Whitewall - Standard Marine haircut

Zoomie - Anyone in the U.S. Air Force

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